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Independents: It’s Not My Party — and I’ll Vote How I Want To
Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesPeople attend the launch of the unaffiliated political organization known as No Labels in New York City. Just one in four voters call themselves Republicans....
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Virginia Is for Lovers of Attack Ads
Photograph by Steve Helber/AP PhotoFormer Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, left, and former Senator George Allen, right, listen to moderator Candy Crowley, center, during the Virginia Bar Association's...
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A Partisan Gap on the Economy
Photograph by Scott Eells/Bloomberg A trader works in the gold and silver options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Do you think the U.S. economy is getting better or worse? Maybe your answer is...
View ArticleBloomberg by the Numbers: 28
That’s the number of consecutive weeks that the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index has been higher for Democrats than Republicans. The 28-week streak is a record, according to Langer Research Associates,...
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Consumer Comfort Rises to Highest Level in Six Months
Photograph by Victor J. Blue/ BloombergShoppers on Fifth Avenue in New York. With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) continued to rise this week,...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: -34.4
Photograph by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Valley Appliance employees deliver a Maytag Corp. electric stove to a customer in Princeton, Illinois. That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the week...
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Claus Versus Cliff: Holiday Shopping Attitudes Color Consumers’ Moods
Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergShoppers try on shoes inside an Aldo Group Inc. shoe store in the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall. Consumer confidence held near a seven-month high last...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: -38.6
Photograph by Andrew Kelly/Getty ImagesShoppers in New York City. That’s the year-to-date average of the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, a weekly measurement based on Americans’ views of their...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 15.5
Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA customer, right, shop for a powerboat on Dec. 17, 2012 in North Miami, Florida. That’s how much the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks....
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 12.9
Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA customer in a show room in Niles, Illinois. That’s how much the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose during 2012. The index, which measures Americans’...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: -34.4
Photograph by Michael Short/Zuma Press via CorbisPayday Advance signs at California Check Cashing in Oakland, Calif. Less money will be in U.S. paychecks due to a higher Social Security tax rate....
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Economic Confidence: Gallup Survey Against Grain of Consumer Indices
Photograph by Daniel Acker/BloombergA shopper organizes his cash at a Best Buy Co. store in Peoria. There are indicators, and there are indicators. One of the leading indicators of consumer confidence,...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: -36.3
Photograph by David Paul Morris/BloombergA customer loads a television in San Francisco. That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the week ended Feb. 3. The index — which measures consumers’...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: -32.8
Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesPeople look at boats on display at The Miami International Boat Show on Feb. 15, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index for the...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 5.9
Photograph by Victor J. Blue/BloombergA woman shops at a Quiksilver store in Times Square in New York, on March 12, 2013. That’s how much the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index advanced in the past six...
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Consumers: No Hint of Job-Market Slump
Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesPeople are reflected in the side of a Cigarette boat as they look at boats on display at The Miami International Boat Show. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index was...
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Record Stock Prices Make Top Earners Feel More Comfortable
Photograph by Richard Drew/AP PhotoTraders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 11, 2013. Confidence among American households earning more than $100,000 climbed last...
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Consumers Most Confident in Five Years
If the economy is cooling, consumers aren’t noticing. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index climbed to minus 29.2 in the week ended April 14, the highest since January 2008, from minus 34 in the prior...
View ArticleBloomberg by the Numbers: -29.2
That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index in the week ended April 14, the highest since January 2008. The index, which asks U.S. consumers for their views on the economy, buying climate and personal...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 339,000
Photograph by Peter Foley/BloombergJob seekers fill out applications during the NYC Restaurant Job Expo at the Gabarron Foundation in New York, on April 9, 2013. That’s how many first-time claims for...
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